Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
SIDEWALK PR4TTLE.

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A match game of football was played
at Mt. Idaho Sunday.
Surveyors are at work on the o. r. &
N. extension to Lewiston.
If there is any luck in odd numbers
this year should bring it.
Ex vice.president VIM. A. Wheeler
died at New York, June 9th.
J. H. McCallie is gone to Asotin on a
two weeks professional visit.
The Indians are focking into the
mountains on their annual hunt.
The Benson pack-train is on its way
up with $1,000 lbs of freight for A & F.
Now is good time to pump out your
well and let it fill up with fresh er water.
About twenty teams are now engaged
in freighting from Lewiston to the
prairie.
Hiram Titman is proprietor of the
"Walrus Head" salooon at Newport,
Oregon.
A new system for registering letters
will shortly be introduced into the pos
tai service.
Ch. Flynn left for Elk city last Tues
day with drove of beef cattle for his
meat market.
Straw Hats and all kinds of Summer
Goods greatly reduced at Alexander q
Freidenrich.
Shissler & Mathson subscribed 5000
feet of lumber towards fencing in the
new race track.
Judge Parker's family are in Lewiston
attending the graduating exercises at
the M. E. college.
Cyrus Overman and the editor are
the only two men in the county who
own white plug hats.
Owing to the restrictions of the inter-
state commerce bill no circuses will visit
the far west this summer.
Iron clad note, and receipt books
quartz location notices and warranty
deeds for sale at this Office.
o. B. Howard has sold his ranch to
member of the Chase family. The
consideration is understood to be 5000.
A man never drops into a newspaper
office to tell about little race on the
road unless his own horse comes ou
winner.
Alex. McKinlay leaves the prairi
, shortly with Mrs. Holohan and he
, family for Wallace, in the Ceur d'Alen,
country.
There are letters at Mt. Idaho post
Office for F. A. Brown, d. L. Brown
Alex. Garrick, d. Kelly and VIM
Stephens.
Fine rains fell Saturday, Sunday
Monday and Tuesday, which have pu
the ground in fine condition for tn
growing crops.
All the new comers are satisfied tina
Camas prairie is good country to sta
!, with, and are busy hunting place
whereon to locate.
n Miss Rosa Belknap opened school i
e district No. IL, (the Larimer schot
, house) on Monday last for q three c
: four months term.
e Oh. Christie and Joe Jewell were th
d first to renew and pay up in advanC
e for their subscription to the new volum
e of the FREE PRESS.
s The FREE PRESS completes the fir
q year of its existence with this issu
n All hands are respectfully invited
e settle and renew.
1t The highest of the high water is ov,
is although there is still in the mountain
Of enough snow water to flood the low
t. country if it all goes off at once.
IL MONEY TO LoAN.-Low rate of intere
re long or short time. Real estate securit
lie No delay. Apply to ]. w. PARKE
Grangeville, Idaho. If.
Horace V. Brown has been lying
N the point of death with pneumonia
e, the last two days. His mother, MI
le Baldwin has been telegraphed for al
r is on her way here.
OF H. c. Brown, of Mt. Idaho, offers
re sale, at the original cost price, large
ea of California and Oregon made cloth
SD consisting of mems, gents boys a
sn children's clothing. The entire sto
'ie was selected carefully with espec
De reference to the wants of this comm
ny nifty, and will positively be sold
'as original cost price for cash.
~ Hizonor judge Forney has had
~ timber culture put in fine shape
growth this spring. All the space
- tween rows has been plowed deep, a
-. ]. F. Lipps, Cy Erskine and I. j. Ys
-, dell have been hoeing the rows so Il
Il there is not a weed on the entire trf